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ALDA’s showcase at EDDs 5-6 June 2018

Organised by the European Commission, the European Development Days (EDD) bring the development community together each year to share ideas and experiences in ways that inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.

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The European Development Days 2018 will take place at Tour & Taxis on 5-6 June 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.

Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 10.00 – 11.00: “(Im) Perfect day: ALDA Europe fighting for a more equal society”. Presenting the ALDA Projects related to Gender issues and promoting the Lab of the afternoon in which the project Parfait will be presented. Projects that can be presented: Get Up, Parfait, WEMIN, SW-UP. ALDA staff will ask the people that visit the stand to reflect and write down a moment when they were discriminated and how they felt. We will display these thoughts so people can read and reflect on their own experiences.

Sessions in which ALDA’s partners will be involved:

Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 9.30 – 10.45: “Fighting violence against women from a multistakeholder approach, moving beyond vulnerability narratives”, the session that will on one hand share key findings and potential solutions from different public and private actors involved in the research on violence and discrimination of women in Europe, Latin America and Africa. On the other hand, a special attention will be given to the wider political context at EU and member state level and how it influences the situation of women, with a specific focus in sexual and reproductive rights. ALDA’s partner AEXCID will be one of the organizers of the session.

Recent news

Almost 40 Activists from opposing sides of the community in Northern Ireland have undertaken a very successful week long Study Visit to Croatia and Bosnia to look at conflict resolution and peace building.

From the 25th till the the 28th of March, educators from the Mind Inclusion 2.0 consortium of partners will meet at the headquarters of INTRAS Foundation in Valladolid (Spain) for a training on the use of co-creative methodologies to engage disabled people in the local community.

ALDA is proudly enlarging its Local Democracy Agencies’ network in Northern Morocco, in order to strengthen its cooperation with European Neighbourhood Countries, thus boosting democracy, promoting good governance and encouraging citizens’ participation at local level.

LIME project - Labour integration for Migrants Employment, kicked-off on September 21st and 22d, with a meeting organised by the project-leader Cies onlus in the beautiful framework of the old city of Rome, in their Documentation Center and Intercultural Library.